diff --git a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside-include.yml b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside-include.yml
index 0d34bb3838..017a95bf69 100644
--- a/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside-include.yml
+++ b/playbooks/manual/staging-sync/lookaside-include.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 
   tasks:
+  - debug: var=packages
+  - file: dest={{tarball}} state=absent
   - shell: tar -cJvf {{tarball}} {{target}}/{{packages}}
            creates={{tarball}}
   - fetch: src={{tarball}}